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The town has 8,080 residents and lies in Indre-et-Loire, Centre-Val de Loire.
Plenty in its favour, and one clear drawback. Its strongest subject is schools — brevet results 2.5 points above the expected rate. Monts ranks #2 of 37 in Indre-et-Loire, with an A+ overall. On that grade it does better than 97% of compared French towns. People here tend to be in good health: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 26% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Few people walk, cycle or take the bus to work: nearly two in five residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 9% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. At €2,372/m², the median price, 70 m² costs 6 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes Touraine Vallée de l'Indre.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The one thing Monts does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Monts with other French towns of 2,500 or more, ordered by how far its rank is from the middle. American and UK towns are graded separately.
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The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Monts, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
The oldest protected part dates from the 15th century; the first monument here was protected in 1978.
Heritage, family days out and other places to visit in and near Monts. Best known first.
ChâteauChâteau de Candéin town
ChâteauChâteau d'Artigny3.3 km east, in Montbazon
ChâteauChâteau de Longue Plaine3.4 km south, in SorignyChâteauChâteauManoir de l'Ortièrein townTheme parkTheme parkFamily Parkin townAttractionAttractionManoir de Beaupré3.2 km east, in VeignéPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Monts.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Its schools’ results rank #3 of 40 in Indre-et-Loire. The closest lycée for the general bac is 3.9 mi off.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Val de l'IndreNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 161 | 96%+3 pts |
| Collège Albert CamusBest against expectations: 2 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 162 | 94%+2 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
For a family doctor, residents of Monts can choose among 7 GPs. Average lifespans in Indre-et-Loire: 86.1 years for women, 81 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally. France’s death rates at each age would predict 762 deaths locally from 2016 to 2025; there were 652, 14% fewer.
Source: INSEE, deaths by commune of residence 2016–2025 and censuses; Eurostat, death rates by age (© European Union); INSEE, BPE 2025; DREES, APL 2024; INSEE, life expectancy by département 2025 · Licence Ouverte · The adjustment for care homes is TownRatings’ own modeling, not an official figure.
On average over 2023–2025, every 1,000 residents saw 4.3 violent offenses and 11 graded property crimes a year. In 2025, 146 offenses were recorded in Monts. More of the graded crimes locally were burglary than anything else (2025).
Not in the gradeTheft without violence, drug use and fraud are shown for information but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence plus burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and criminal damage per resident.
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · For vehicle theft, the count isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in a year of the last three), so the index uses the département’s average, 2.3% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Half of residents lived on more than €27,990 a year per consumption unit, near Indre-et-Loire’s towns (€27,340) and higher than compared French towns (€25,970). Jobs located in Monts: 2,550, for 3,600 residents in work (0.7 each). At the census, nearly one in ten commuters got to work without a car.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Protection here reaches back to the 15th century. Homes from before 1919 make up 7.9% of the total, between Indre-et-Loire’s towns (10%) and compared French towns (7.4%).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Behind the median of €2,372/m²: 219 houses and apartments sold in Monts between July 2023 and June 2026. Houses made up 94% of the homes sold; apartments the rest. Advertised rents are estimated at €11.89/m² a month, in line with Indre-et-Loire’s towns (€12.32/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²).
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,426/m² | 206 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Among adults, 36% have a degree. 22% of residents are 65 or over, about level with compared French towns (22%) and below Indre-et-Loire’s towns (24%). Monts has a median age of 44.4.
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Indre-et-Loire 51.8%, France 51.8%.
| Monts | Indre-et-Loire median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 22% | 24% | 22% |
| No diploma | 14% | 16% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 26% | 25% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 36% | 34% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Indre-et-Loire median and France median: the median of compared communes
Monts has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Manoir de l'Ortière: Photo: Joël Thibault · CC BY-SA 4.0
Wikidata places 2 people here, but for none of them do the articles confirm Monts as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monts | 8,080 | — | A+ | B− | A− | A |
| Artannes-sur-Indre | 2,795 | 2.5 | — | B | — | A |
| Montbazon | 4,874 | 3 | A+ | C | A− | A+ |
| Sorigny | 2,938 | 3.4 | — | B+ | — | A |
| Veigné | 6,865 | 4 | A | C | A− | A− |
| Ballan-Miré | 8,477 | 4.7 | A | C− | A− | A− |
| Joué-lès-Tours | 38,423 | 4.8 | B− | C | C+ | B+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades A− for safety, #9 of 37 in Indre-et-Loire. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 53 burglaries and 37 acts of criminal damage.
They grade A, better than 90% of compared French towns and #3 of 40 in Indre-et-Loire. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,372/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Monts grades B− for cost of living.
Commune in Indre-et-Loire, Centre-Val de Loire
Monts is a commune of 8,080 people in the Communauté de communes Touraine Vallée de l'Indre. TownRatings compares communes, France’s local unit: each has its own mayor and its own statistics. Its area takes in the town and the countryside around it.
Built from INSEE’s 2026 official geography (COG) and IGN Admin Express boundaries
Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · DGFiP, DVF property sales, July 2023 to June 2026 · Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025 · SSMSI, recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Ministry of Education (DEPP), brevet and bac results and value-added indicators, 2025 · INSEE, deaths by commune of residence 2016–2025 and censuses 2012–2023; Eurostat, death rates by age (© European Union); INSEE, BPE 2025 (care homes, emergency and maternity units, GPs, pharmacies); DREES, APL 2024; INSEE, life expectancy by département 2025 (provisional) · INSEE, BPE 2025 and Filosofi 200 m grid (walking distances) · IGN Admin Express (boundaries) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranking French towns against each other only, updated November 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
Contains public sector information under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab): INSEE, DGFiP, the Interior Ministry’s statistics service (SSMSI), the Ministry of Education (DEPP), the Health Ministry’s statistics service (DREES) and the Housing Ministry (Carte des loyers). Commune boundaries: IGN Admin Express.